Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 16:32:01 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: batie@agora.rdrop.com (Alan Batie) Cc: neillt@realgoods.com (Neill Thornton), adonai@jump.net, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ups recommendations... Message-ID: <7993.849659521@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 03 Dec 1996 13:04:33 PST." <m0vV213-0008tbC@agora.rdrop.com>
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> carry it through. Well, think again. I've got 1500W of UPS and they > were substantially discharged. The first thing they do when they see > line power is suck it dry to recharge the batteries. The 600W couldn't That's why it's good to have an automated generator start and power-cutover system - you're not supposed to run off the UPS for any longer than it takes for the generator to start. :-) I'm actually putting a system exactly along those lines together for my new house in the north woods - it's also an ISP's POP, and they're busily building the battery shack now. Because of their remote location, most of their customers are actually *not* on the power grid and have solar arrays or Pelton wheels (or both) powering their computers. We'd therefore be the only ones down during a power outtage, and that'd look kinda bad. :-) Jordan
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